Fur trimmed footwear



Sept. 7, 1943. F. F. oLsoN rs1-AL FUR TRIMMED FOOTWEAR Filed Aug. 14. 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 m Fpgaesigkf'/san Sept. 7, 1943. F. F. oLsoN ETAI. 2,328,842

FUR TRIMMED FOOTWEAR Filed Aug. 14, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ibas 1 75m ssassick FU/san 5 s en gps w lpjilwuatentecl Sept.A 7, 1943A atasug@ l 1: 1 FURrRinuEn loo'rwnzil I mcBelrmont, and 'Stephen Dx. i

Godrich; Company, N

' strip at-the'outside'cf the upper hasy resulted inf` i anpbj'ectionable standingawway'of thetriiriined`-`V 4iustripfromfthe uppr'with 'objectionab ofthe topiriargin'of the upper, orin some casesp- Awl'ifire eizpedientshave been used 'toiovercome` this `lsun1foetwea asf @distracted heretoiorehasi- ,been subject to one 'oriirorediiculti'esinlthe... ,i' p matterof attaching the fury'.strip .4 `Iprsolfneq u fan fobjecuoriabie negeer n.triefur has, fbe l u u y sourc'of fsoiling: the hosiery l*offthe wearer; this been*trueA especiallyin tliecaSe Where as! ,been attached to. .theinsidef of i the.

n otherfcases Vat'taclirn tfoffjthe ffrj eglise 14j. `194.1,` `serial No. `niej/14s difficulty the attachingoperation-1hasrbeenini l convenient or costly. rllwo-lines ofstitcl-iinghave" u `usually been required? ating `adouble hand "operation u n y i TheA chief objects of this invention are to cbviate the foregoing and'other disadvantages of p prior constructions, to provide an improved dis` position of thefurstrip such that while it conceals the margin effectively, itneither stands away from the upper objectionably, nor rubs against the hosiery `of the wearer objectionably.

1 d Y l VIo provide a construction wherein secure kattachrig. 5.1

d "i ment may be effected by a single line of stitching, i l `quickly applied,ito provide for convenience o manufacture and economy of materials.

y theirl modified fconstruction.`

will,

aIn accordance with theinventio isjiirstfoldedj uponritself with the fur expose i` theipelt sides of "thel folded pcrtionsbeing then'in 'i `face to face relation'. The folded 'fur vstrip` Yisf then applied tothe footwearat theoutside of thef-1 upper near the topmargin therifffa'id is securedV f' to the upperpreferablyby afsingle line of stitching" passing throughwbothifoldedgportions "of the# j strip and into the upper `in `manner toholdfthe folded Ystriptightly` againstltherppei" with-the f fur. extendingputwardly of the strip andfuip-V Warilly past the top edge ofthe upper to `hide the?l 'ysameg` 4i'll'ieu foldecll-porticns of the fur strip nia-y be 'adhered'togetheryby an adhesive betweenv the folded1 portions,` or otherwise preliminarilysecured'- i" together-inthe folded cond-itiori,` or the fur `-rnay 'l be attached to the upper as itis folded and held" fill the folded condtihfby the Stitching that holds ittotheupp'er; f1, nl' l i W "Withreference `rlrstl to the embodiment illus-= 'u trated inFigs. 1 to 4, inclusive, a fur strip indi` `cated at lrst has a layer Il of adhesive matecoincident with the extent of the intended fold.

The strip is then folded as shown in Fig. 2 so that the-adhesive surface of the pelt will be brought into contact and the adhesive Will be completely `V hidden inasmuch as the remaining exposed These andother objects will be apparent from?` u the following description reference. beingfhadt .G the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

` Fig. 1 isa cross-section of a stripoffur treated Fig. 3 is a perspective View of awomans overbodying lthe invention. j

. Fig. 4 is asectiontakenalong the lined-4 of Fig.3.' liig.` 5 is a plan `view of rfolding and-stitching Fmechanism suitable for making. amodied con.

struction, constructed in accordanceV with and u .embodying the invention, the mechanism being f shown in the operation of folding and stitching` a` 50 .u "3 fur strip onto a footwear upper.

Fig. 6 is a view taken along the line 6 5 of Fig. 7 is a section taken along the line 'P-'lief` portion of the pelt is free of adhesive, the likelithe fur is avoided.

" shoe constructed "in` accordance and ein-b d opening, as desired. 4 d

The top edge of theupper may be bound by` suitable tape I5 held in place by dstitching' I6, a1-` l The folded strip is now ready fora'pplication to' the footwear upper and may be `attached to the outside of thezupper at the tcp margin thereof by a' single line `of stitching l2 extending through both folded portions of thestrip ,and

into and preferably through the upper wall. The

latter may comprise a composite structure inentirely around the open portion of the upper as shown in Fig. 3, or only partially `around the though such binding is not `necessary in all cases. z Owing to the folded form of the fur strip, it can be held in place against the upper by only a single `line of stitching, which makes for economy of manufacture, and the folded condition of the strip greatly facilitates the manipula- Fig; Bis] afviewlike Fig. ,7` but showing V` '1ra die di f upper. Also, this construction is found to be neat 'in appearance, the fur being capable of conceal- Yhandling and stitching operation, and by applying the adhesive to the pelt over thelimited Width described, the adhesive material need not interfere with handling operations or aieci-l the appearance of the fur.

Where it is not desired to use the adhesive in condition,v the operation being facilitated by the top edge of the upper, the latter is well cony' cealed by Vthe fur in a position well protecting the fur so that the taping of such top edge of the upper may be dispensed with if desired. i

The fur strip may be folded upon itself with reliance upon the stiffness of the peli; for stability of the strip, or a reinforcing cord 28 or other device may be included in thefold as shown in the embodiment of Fig. 8. `Also the expedi- Variations'may be made without departing from'the scope of the invention as it is defined .the fold of the fur, the fur strip may be folded/15 inzthefollowing claims:

. and stitched at once to the upper in suchfolded We claim;

1.-An article 'of footwear comprising an upper means of related folding and' stitching rnecha-4 terminating in a top margin, a fur strip folded nism as shown in Figs.V 5 and 6. A movable stitching guide 20 mounted upon a support 2|, in-

. dicated in broken lines, is positioned to aligna vfur strip I0 with the top margin of an upperv i3, I i I4held against the guide and uthe folded margin of vthe fur strip likewise held against the, guide so that' the needle 24 of the sewingmachine will passthrough both folded portions of the furd strip and through the upper to secure the lstrip in the desired position. f o Y .Owing to the projecting fur onvthetrimniin'g I 4strip manual control of the same to arrangeit in the desiredA folded condition and relationship to the margin of the upper-is difficult.. To the end y of facilitating this operation wevprovidea folding horn 25 shaped to work the furstrip progressively. from its flattened ccnditionto the folded condition at the attaching needle. The folding-horn upon itself with the fur-side out on both sides 20 of and at the fold, said strip being positioned entirely on the outside of. said upper at said-tcp margin with the fold" disposed upward. anda stitechingthread passing through both portions-,U of the fold and into the upper and constituting@ .the sole means for holding the portions of the fold together and for .holdingy the strip against f thelupper.

2. yAn article of footwear comprising anupp'erterminating in atop margin, a fur strip folded 30y upon itself with the fur-side out on both sides of and at the fold, said strip being positioned entirely on the outside of said upper at said top mar-v f gin withthe fold disposed upward, and a stitching thread passing through both portions of the 35 fold and into the` upper holding the strip `coin-' pactly againstthe upper, `a single line of said "y stitching thread passing through said fold con- I stituting the sole means for holding the strip onto the upper.` n f Y. Y i y K k FREDERICK F. OLSON.

STEPHEN D. KLYCE.: 

